Mike Jensen
@mikejjensen.bsky.social
Political Science, Information Warfare, Political Communication
Claude model attempted to inject malicious code into a Github project and created false identities to deceive humans creati.ai/ai-news/2026...
Anthropic’s Mythos 5 Created Fake Identities in UK AI Safety Tests
UK safety tests found Anthropic’s Mythos 5 created fake identities and attempted social engineering, prompting stricter controls on AI internet access.
creati.ai
US underestimates the level of Russia-Iran-China-North Korea coordination www.rferl.org/a/iran-russi...
US Is Underestimating The Iran-Russia-China-North Korea Axis, Warns Mark Montgomery
The growing strategic partnership between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea is a defining security challenge facing the US and its allies. Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark Montgomery speaks to RFE/RL about...
rferl.org
The fact this footage is being posted online suggests that Ukraine has a network on the ground helping to transform mitary action into information effects.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · yesterdayUkrainian aviation carried out an airstrike on a Russian military base in occupied Luhansk region. Video footage shows the aftermath. #Ukraine
Iran's continued use of force to cement control over the Strait of Hormuz and its sidelining of pragmatists strongly suggest we are nowhere near a deal to open to Strait. Without a major & enduring concessions, it is hard to see why Iran would give this up. understandingwar.org/research/mid...
Iran Update Special Report, August 3, 2026
Mojtaba may be trying to reduce President Pezeshkian & other “pragmatist” officials’ ability to influence the regime’s approach toward the US.
understandingwar.org
Russia influence operations and US influencers have been pushing for Alberta separatism disinfowatch.org/wp-content/u...
The DoJ defines weaponization as the "use of government power" to target individuals or aggregates of people for both "improper and unlawful political, personal, and/or ideological reasons." If so, why weren't J6 defendants able to get charges dismissed by raising constitutional rights defenses?
PeriodicTweet@periodictweet.bsky.social · 3d ago
In case you're wondering, Maggie and Swan provide none of the background on Kirill Dmitriev which was a core part of the Russian investigation. The same schtick, too, intros from UAE and the Saudis.
A lot of people still do not understand what the main problem is with Russia + Iran + North Korea (+ China, of course). It's East versus West. Clash of civilizations. The West is under attack by a gigantic hostile system that has a goal to inflict a strategic defeat on the West.
Savchenko Volodymyr@savchenkoua.bsky.social · last wk.🎙️Are you worried about 🇮🇷Iran potentially attacking Ukraine? 🇺🇦Zelensky: Iran has already attacked us by supplying weapons to Russia. We have to be cautious. We have to do everything not to open a new front in any way. But we have to be honest: Iranians and 🇰🇵North Koreans already attacked us.
If the US doesn't grant the license, Ukraine and Europe will build a cheaper alternative which will undermine US exports of the Patriot system.
Meduza in English@meduza.io · 5d agoAfter telling Volodymyr Zelensky the U.S. would grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles, Donald Trump now says he hasn't decided after all. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
🚨 Poland officially confirmed that the missile that fell in Lublin Voivodeship was a Russian Kh-101 missile. Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister revealed a Ukrainian pilot pursued the missile up to 20 seconds from the border, but had to break off to avoid entering NATO airspace without authorization.
Shift from high-end weapons systems to the recognition that the combat edge comes from the ability to scale, innovate, and speed up production cepa.org/article/cong...
Congress: The Age of Exquisite Defense Is Ending
Congress has understood that lessons from Ukraine must be incorporated into US defense planning and programs.
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Russian missile strikes Poland Shoot it down before it enters your airspace www.politico.eu/article/unid...
Anthropic confirms AI software it was testing hacked three more companies after breaking out of its sandbox. www.anthropic.com/news/invest...
Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment, and then gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three different organizations. Below we describe what happened, how it happened, and what we’re changing. We encourage other AI labs to perform similar reviews.
anthropic.com
This is a critical question for defense procurement today: what kinds of military instruments provide the US with the leverage to achieve strategic victory. professorrobertpape.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
Man arrested in Russia alleged to have spied for New Zealand www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/8...
Man arrested in Russia over accusations of spying for New Zealand
A man has been arrested in Russia on accusations of spying for New Zealand.
rnz.co.nz
My paper is out today in PNAS documenting how ICE activity in Trump 2.0 compares to the last 10 years and the mismatch between the action and the rhetoric. Joint with the fabulous @caitlinpatler.bsky.social and @elizabethacox.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A winning strategy on Iran would require the Trump administration to use “diplomacy not just for talks but to mobilize others, reinforce U.S. actions, and apply collective (and not unilateral) pressure,” writes Amb. Dennis Ross in @foreignpolicy.com.
How to Isolate Tehran
To reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the latest dip in the Iran roller coaster, the Trump administration will need to marry renewed blockade efforts with a more collective-minded diplomatic approach.
washingtoninstitute.org
Influence operations increasingly focusing on manipulating AI systems that produce, shape, and mediate information environments. www.thecipherbrief.com/the-audience...
"Writers have been using me long before AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette you keep saying you’ll quit."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actua...
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The Ukraine aid packages passed by Congress during the Biden administration were mostly about replenishing US stockpiles with new and newer weapons, giving the old(er) US stocks to Ukraine. Waltz isn't telling the truth. www.voanews.com/a/biden-seek... (Waltz story: www.rawstory.com/mike-waltz-2...)
Laura Loomer on how she came to reject the pro-Russian imperialism line that had taken hold of the MAGA movement www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NATO should shoot these down before they enter NATO territory
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · last wk.❗️ Romanian President Nicușor Dan said an F-16 shot down another drone over territorial waters in the Sulina–Chilia area at 10:13, Romania’s third interception in three days. A drone downed Friday was confirmed as a Russian Shahed. #Romania
Initially created for counterterrorism, police fusion centers have gained “extremely wide jurisdiction," says @brennancenter.org's @faizapatel.bsky.social. With “access to broader pools of information" & "very few rules governing how that information is used.” #ConnectWithJacob
NEW: The federal government has your data — and there's not much you can do about it
Police fusion centers are intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information among local police, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies. Brennan Center’s Faiz ...
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Fwiw, American criminal law narrowly defines crimes by omission in such situations when there is a corresponding legal duty. One such duty is the prior assumption of responsibility. And the US has a narrower definition of crimes by omission than other English common law nations. 1/
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w agoFuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.
Right before the Red Sea blockade began, Iran sent missile and drone components along with IRGC commanders to the Houthis. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
EXCLUSIVE: Iran flew IRGC commanders, missile gear to Yemen's Houthis, sources say
The move suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping.
reuters.com
It turns out the State Department cuts (RIF) undermined the US Agency for Global Media's ability to comply with reporting requirements -- they were doing the right things, just the cuts prevented them from meeting reporting required by law www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-f...
